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National Center for Women’s Equity in Apprenticeship and Employment

  • Home
  • Pre-Apprenticeship Providers
    • Outreach and Career Education
    • Assessment
    • Training
    • Case Management
    • Job Placement and Retention
  • Apprenticeship Programs
    • Outreach and Career Education
    • Assessment
    • Training and Retention
    • Planning and Evaluation
  • Employer/Union Partners
    • Construction
      • Recruiting Tradeswomen
      • Creating Equitable Worksites
    • Unions
    • Manufacturing
    • Transit and Rail
  • Tradeswomen
    • Outreach and Career Education
    • Supporting Women in the Trades
    • Resource Map
    • Aspiring Tradeswomen
  • Best Practices
  • Policy Updates and News
    • In the News
    • Policy Updates
  • About Us
    • Gender Equity Partners
    • Technical Assistance Request
    • Chicago Women In Trades
    • Job Opportunities at the Center

The National Center for Women’s Equity in Apprenticeship and Employment at Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) can provide useful strategies and practical applications to increase the number of women entering and being retained in registered apprenticeship through our online resources, technical assistance and training, summarized here.

Policy Updates

How can the proposed infrastructure legislation ensure equity and inclusion for all? These recommendations provide guidance for national and local policymakers on how to ensure job opportunities created by investments offer economic opportunities for women and people of color.

Gender Equity Partners

Visit our Gender Equity Partners page and find a tradeswomen’s organization near you.

Training

Want to start or expand a pre-apprenticeship program for women or more effectively recruit and serve women in your program? Explore our full curriculum including math and test preparation, workplace readiness, hands-on experience and physical conditioning.

Job Opportunities at the Center

Join our team in building equity for women in construction and manufacturing careers
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Critical Update:

Support Workforce Equity in the Infrastructure Bill

Chicago Women in Trades and the National Taskforce on Tradeswomen’s Issues’ are on a mission to include workforce gender and racial equity in the federal infrastructure bill. These provisions would promote goals for women and BIPOC workhours, respectful workplace policies, and support for pre-apprenticeship programs, childcare and retention.

Please sign onto this letter!  And, help us build support with tradeswomen, apprenticeship, union and contractor allies by sending out this link and sharing on social media!

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If you did not sign on to the previous letter but would like to support this effort, please add your name or your organization’s name by filling out the form here and selecting “add my name or organization.”

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